minimates

DST is once again offering Star Trek Minimates, teaming up with Art Asylum to bring Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise to life. The 10″ ship features an opening cockpit and a hidden Jeffries tube in the engineering section.

The Star Trek minimate set is currently available for pre-order, with an expected release date sometime in December.

In the 47th Series of Marvel Minimates, you can pit the X-Men against the Brood with these 2 inch tall action figures. Each has 14 points of articulation and includes various removable accessories. The three new two-packs in the series will include Rogue with Colossus, Longshot with Dazzler, and Wolverine with a Brood. There’s also a one-per-case variant two-pack with a Wolverine who has been infected by a Brood egg. Preorder now and fight off the Brood when these become available in August.

We’ve known Loki was the villain in the upcoming Avengers movie for a while, but the appearance of his army has been kept super secret. However, toys have given it away. The final figures of the Diamond Select Avengers line were revealed at C2E2 last weekend, and Loki’s Army Footsoldier looks quite impressive.

A Diamond Select Release! Designed and Sculpted by Art Asylum! The dead have risen! As Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic book shambles towards its 100th issue, DST is immortalizing the book’s indelible characters with a line of highly detailed Miniamtes minifigures! The first assortment of two-packs features a mix of humans and zombies, and includes Rick with Roamer Zombie, Tyrese with Roamer Zombie, Andrea with Lurker Zombie and a Herd Zombie 2-pack! Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation and a variety of removable and interchangeable parts and accessories.

Last month Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum debuted both Spider-Man and the Lizard Minimates at Toy Fair. Now the company is revealing the additional characters that will become part of the line, including Aunt May, Uncle Ben, Gwen Stacy, Captain Stacy, a SWAT Team member, pre-Lizzy Curt Connors and a skateboard toting Peter Parker.

Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series are getting their very own Minimates. As the recent midseason premiere proved, the television show continues to create hordes of rabid fans as well; so we would expect Diamond Select Toys to make figures based on those characters somewhere down the line as well. No details on pricing or a release date have been announced.

As one of New York City’s resident superheroes, Spider-Man sees a lot of fires, and puts his strength, agility and Spider-Sense to good use rescuing anyone who might be trapped inside the burning building. But the real heroes are the men and women who do the same thing every day, without the benefit of a radioactive spider-bite. They may not be able to scale walls without a ladder, or break down a door without an axe, but the firefighters of NYC have truly earned the name “New York’s Bravest.” This two-pack of 2-inch Minimates mini-figures pairs Firefighter Spidey with an NYC Fireman, and includes an axe, a flashlight, and various interchangeable parts. Limited edition of only 3,000 pieces!

Halo: Combat Evolved, the first Halo game, was released in November 2001. That means the 10th anniversary of Halo is approaching! Diamond Select Toys is releasing a commemorative set of Halo minimates to mark the occasion. The box set includes Cortana, Master Chief (with a tiny Cortana) Jacob Keys, and the Prophet of Truth. They’ll be available this winter at comic shops and online retailers.